World Bank2013-08-142013-08-142001-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15093The objective of this paper is to serve as an input into the on-going discussions concerning sectoral and cross-sectoral aspects of the strategy. Following this introduction, the second chapter provides a brief background on the region, its people, economy and the transport system. This is needed given that some readers on the Bank side will not be familiar with Colombo. The third chapter reviews the performance of the regional transport system from the point of view of its various users, and attempts to explain the findings in terms of underlying problems and issues. The fourth chapter presents, in summary form, the strategic proposals currently on the table. The fifth chapter provides a critical review of the proposals. The sixth and final chapter reviews the past involvement of the Bank in this sector, then identifies and discusses options that could be considered for future assistance, if the sector emerges as a joint CAS priority. An attempt has been made to shed a stronger light on people concerns, in addition to a traditional focus on transport regulation, infrastructure investments and traffic management. As an explicit sign of this, boxes with real-life travel stories of persons from the CMR have been sprinkled throughout the text.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADSACCOUNTINGAIR POLLUTIONARTERIAL ROADSAUTOMOBILESBASIC ACCESSBICYCLEBICYCLE RIDERSBICYCLESBICYCLINGBOTTLENECKBUSBUS LINESBUS OPERATIONSBUS OPERATORSBUS PASSENGERSBUS ROUTESBUS SERVICEBUS SERVICESBUS TRANSPORTBUS TRAVELBUSESCAPITALSCARSCOMPREHENSIVE URBAN TRANSPORTCOMPREHENSIVE URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGYCONGESTION PRICINGDECENTRALIZATIONDRIVERSDRIVINGEMPLOYMENTENGINESEROSIONFARE INCREASESFARE INTEGRATIONFARE LEVELSFARE POLICYFARE REGULATIONFARE REVENUEFARE STRUCTUREFLEET RENEWALFRAMEWORKFREIGHTFREIGHT VEHICLESFRONTAGE ROADSFUELINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINSURANCEJOB MARKETJOURNEYJOURNEY TO WORKLABOR MARKETLAND USELAWSLIQUIDATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL TRAFFICLOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDSLOW-INCOME PEOPLELOW-INCOME TRAVELERSMAJOR ROUTESMASS RAPID TRANSITMIGRATIONMOBILITYMOBILITY RATEMODAL SPLITMOTOR CYCLEMOTOR CYCLESMOTOR VEHICLEMOTOR VEHICLE OWNERSHIPMOTOR VEHICLESMOTORCYCLEMOTORCYCLESMOTORIZATION RATEMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTSMUNICIPALITIESPARKINGPARKING MANAGEMENTPASSENGERPASSENGER TRANSPORTPATHPAVEMENTPAVEMENT MANAGEMENTPAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMPAVEMENTSPEAK HOURSPEAK PERIODSPEDESTRIANSPOLICEPRICE OF OILPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITYPUBLIC TRANSPORT FAREPUBLIC TRANSPORT FARESPUBLIC TRANSPORT MODESPUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTORPUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMPUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLESRADIAL ROADSRAILWAYSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRETIREMENTREVENUE MOBILIZATIONROADROAD EXPANSIONROAD EXPENDITURESROAD FUNDROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD PRICINGROAD SYSTEMROAD SYSTEMSROAD TRAFFICROAD USEROAD USER CHARGESROAD USERSROAD WEARROADSROADWAYSRURAL ROUTESSAFETY STANDARDSSATURATIONSHORT TRIPSSIDEWALKSSIGNSSPEEDTAXISTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETHROUGH TRAFFICTOLL ROADSTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRAFFIC DATATRAFFIC ENGINEERINGTRAFFIC GROWTHTRAFFIC LANESTRAFFIC LAWTRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENTTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMESTRAFFIC OPERATIONSTRAFFIC PROBLEMSTRAFFIC RESTRAINTTRAFFIC SAFETYTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT MODETRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORT SUBSIDIESTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRIPS PER DAYUNDERPINNINGURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTURBAN ROADSURBAN SERVICESURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN TRANSPORT PROJECTURBAN TRANSPORT SECTORURBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGYURBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMSUSE OF BICYCLESVANSVEHICLE TAXATIONVEHICLE TAXESWAGESWALKINGWorld Bank10.1596/15093